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A CASE OF TETANUS IN A COW. 
26th . — Very little change, except that his physic is beginning 
to operate. Repeat the mustard embrocation, and continue to 
give the clysters. 
27th . — His physic has operated well ; but I cannot say that 
he walks any better. Repeat the mustard. 
29th . — He appears to be mending, and has evidently more use 
of his hinder extremities. 
Feb. lsif. — He is mending fast. Give 3ii of aloes. 
5 th . — He is apparently well, and I have returned him to his 
own stable. 
12tlt . — I was sent for in great haste, the bay horse being ap- 
parently dying, and his jaws locked. He had tetanus. His 
pulse is 40; his head is protruded; his jaws rigid; his ears 
pointed. He cannot bend his neck ; the membrana nictitans is 
protruding over the eye ; the legs wide apart, and the tail a little 
elevated. I had him removed with considerable difficulty from 
the stable into a box, and would have bled him ; but being so 
irritable a horse, I thought that I should do more harm than 
good by it. 
I gave him sixty grains of the farina of the croton nut in a slop 
mash, which he ate in the course of the day. The poll, jaws, 
neck, and spine were rubbed with the mustard embrocation morn- 
ing and evening, and frequent enemas injected. 
13 th . — The medicine is operating well. Continue the mustard 
embrocation. 
14 th . — Gave ten grains more of the croton in a slop mash, 
continuing the embrocation as before. 
15 th . — The jaw is not so rigid. Give ten grains more of the 
croton, and apply the embrocation once a day. 
1 6th . — Much better : the embrocation to be used as yesterday. 
Give five grains of croton. 
This treatment was continued until the 21st, when the horse 
- appeared to be perfectly well. He was sent to work on March 
the 12th. 
He is driven nearly every day, and does his work as well as 
ever. 
A CASE OF TETANUS IN A COW. 
By Mr. W. Cox, Leek. 
In May, 1840, I was sent for to a heifer, the property of 
Mr. Bostock, which 1 immediately perceived to be labouring un- 
der locked jaw. She was four years old, and had produced a calf 
